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2020 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults 2020 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults The 2020 Amazing Audiobooks list consists of 35 titles; with 30 fiction and 5 nonfiction audiobooks, selected from 63 official nominations, which were posted and discussed in blog posts on The Hub (http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/about/selected-lists-the-hub/amazing-audiobooks-nominees/). Members of the 2020 Amazing Audiobooks Blogging Team are: Coordinator Samantha Neiman, Sun Prairie Public Library, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin; Coordinator Brittany Marie Garcia, Rancho Cucamonga Public Library, Rancho Cucamonga, California; Kit Ballenger, KitonLit, Chevy Chase, Maryland; Dawn Zimmerer Collins, Madison County Library System, Canton, Mississippi; Cyndi Hamann, Arlington Heights Memorial Library, Arlington Heights, Illinois; Danielle Jones, Multnomah County Library, Portland, Oregon; Christie Kimsey, Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles, California; Teka McCabe, Briarcliff High School & Briarcliff Middle School, Manor, New York; Erin Phemester, Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County, Youngstown, Ohio; Dr. Wendy Stephens, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama; Sarah Ressler Wright, RB Hayes High School, Delaware, Ohio; Kiera Vargas, Tennessee State University: Language, Literature, Philosophy Department, Nashville, Tennessee; *indicates a top ten (http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2020-top-ten-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults) selection Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor, narration by Yetide Badaki. Tantor Audio. 2019. $42.99. ISBN: 978-1-9773-0243-4. Sunny Nwazue continues to develop her magical powers, and after being separated from her Anyanwu, Sunny and her friends are sent on an adventure to set things right in the spirit world. Badaki gives each character their own voice, maintains the perfect pace, and pronounces everything beautifully. The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi, translation by Cathy Hirano, narration by Caitlin Kelly. Macmillan Audio. 2019. $57.99. ISBN: 978-1-2502-1202-3. Elin’s path to becoming a beast doctor has led her to cultivate a magical power to communicate with the Royal Beasts, but this puts both her and her charges at risk for becoming a tool of war. Hirano’s voice grows with Elin as does the empathy felt. *Becoming by Michelle Obama, narration by Michelle Obama. Random House Audio. 2018. $44.99. ISBN: 978-0-5256-3367-9. Memoir of Michelle Obama's journey from child to professional and insights into her time as FLOTUS. Michelle's honest and heartfelt candor allows listeners to vicariously experience the many vicissitudes of her political and personal life. Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America by Ibi Zoboi, Tracey Baptiste, Coe Booth, Dhonielle Clayton, Brandy Colbert, Jay Coles, Lamar Giles and Leah Henderson, narration by Bahni Turpin and Ron Butler. HarperAudio. 2019. $39.99. ISBN: 978-0-0628-8541-8. Seventeen authors. Seventeen stories. Seventeen unique and distinct experiences about being young and black in America. An empowering book for teens showing whatever your interests, whatever your skills, whatever your shade, you are enough. Turpin and Butler’s versatility makes each story is distinctly different and each character their own person. Brave Face: A Memoir by Shaun David Hutchinson, narration by Shaun David Hutchinson. Simon & Schuster Audio. 2019. $49.99. ISBN: 978-1-5082-8614-1. Author’s ultimately hopeful memoir of growing up in the1990’s battling depression, and coming into his own awareness of his sexuality at a time when the world was deeply homophobic and the AIDS crisis dominated the American psyche. Hutchinson narrates his story as no one else could, bringing to life his trials and tribulations. Cheshire Crossing by Andy Weir, narration by Sophie Amoss, Brittany Pressley, Kristen DiMercurio, Rebecca Soler, Lisa Flanagan, James Monroe, Neil Hellegers, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Peter Coleman, and Peter Bradbury. Random House Audio. 2019. $38.00. ISBN: 978-0-5931-0288- 6. After returning from Neverland, Wonderland, and Oz, Wendy, Alice and Dorothy are all sent to a boarding school for girls who are “maladjusted.” Soon they are entering each other portals encountering villains and allies from different worlds. A full cast audio brings this graphic novel to life. Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, narration by Jennifer Beals, Benjamin Bratt, Judy Greer and Pablo Schreiber. Random House Audio. 2019. $39.99. ISBN: 978-1-9848-4529-0. The tell- all of rock’s sensation Daisy Jones & the Six rise to fame, and to their sudden disbandment. This behind the scenes look at what makes, and breaks, a band is expertly narrated with a full cast bringing the mockumentary feel three dimensional. *Dig by A.S. King, narration by A.S. King, Mike Chamberlain, Tonya Cornelisse and Kirby Heyborne. Listening Library. 2019. $64.99. ISBN: 978-1-9848-3817-9. Five white estranged cousins pick away at the thin veneer of their grandparents’ respectability, finding themselves while uncovering family secrets that have flourished while buried. The raw delivery of the four distinctive narrators suits the layered characters, while the intensifying plot lures in listeners with quirky delivery and character- driven complexity. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - Makers, Mysteries and Magic by Pottermore Publishing, Mark Salisbury, and Hana Walker-Brown, narration by Jennifer Beals, Benjamin Bratt, Judy Greer and Pablo Schreiber. Pottermore Publishing. 2018. $29.95. ISBN: 978-1-7811-0145-2. Get a backstage view on the making of the Crime of Grindelwald with over 100 hours of interviews with the cast and crew. Narrated by an animated and funny Dan Folger. *The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys, narration by Maite Jáuregui, with Richard Ferrone, Neil Hellegers, Joshua Kane, Liza Kaplan, and Oliver Wyman. Listening Library. 2019. $59.99. ISBN: 978-0-5931-0566-5. Under the fascist dictatorship of General Franco, Daniel Matheson arrives in Madrid and fate introduces him to Ana, whose family's interweaving obstacles reveal the lingering grasp of the Spanish Civil War and chilling definitions of fortune and fear. A full cast embodies the time period and brings the story to life. Frankly in Love by David Yoon, narration by Raymond J. Lee. Listening Library. 2019. $49.99. ISBN: 978-0-5931-0559-7. Frank Li is Korean-American, who's parents have one rule when it comes to romance, 'Date Korean,' which proves complicated when Frank falls for Brit, who is smart, beautiful, and white. Lee voices Frank with an earnest tenderness befitting a high school senior in the throes of first love. *Heroine by Mindy McGinnis, narration by Brittany Pressley. HarperCollins Audio. 2019. $34.99. ISBN: 978-0-0628-8681-1. When a car crash sidelines Mickey just before softball season, she must keep her spot as the catcher. Her prescribed pills do more than ease the pain; they make her feel good. Pressley delivers this book with the strength of a no-excuses athlete who slowly starts to rationalize her descent into drug dependency. *Hey Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka, narration by Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Jeanne Birdsall, Richard Ferrone, and Jenna Lamia. Scholastic Audio. 2019. $34.99. ISBN: 978-1-3386-0454-2. Born to a heroin-addicted mother and an unknown father, Jarrett explores how his grandparents adopted him, what led him to become an artist, and his struggles and joys along the way. Jarrett himself narrates the book with a full cast, including many people from his actual life narrating their own voices. Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton, narration by Robert Petkoff. Blackstone Audio. 2019. $34.99. ISBN: 978-1-5491-8209-9. S.T., a domesticated crow, enjoys hanging out with his owner Big Jim, then Big Jim's eyeball falls out of his head. The zombie apocalypse from the perspective of animals. Petkoff’s genius narration captures S.T.’s voice perfectly, bringing the foul-mouthed crow front and center, and lands all the punny humor the book is laden with. How Long 'Til Black Future Month by N. K. Jemisin, narration by Shayna Small, Gail Nelson- Holgate, Robin Ray Eller, and Ron Butler. Hachette Audio. 2018. $25.98. ISBN: 978-1-5491-4728-9. Culinary delights explore memory and what we hold on to, dragons rise up in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and Death has to learn survive after mankind is gone. The narrators are superb, each story is of the same caliber and flow into one another seamlessly. *Internment by Samira Ahmed, narration by Soneela Nankani. Hachette Audio. 2019. $24.99. ISBN: 978-1-5491-4876-7. In a near dystopian future, seventeen-year-old Layla Amin and her family are forced into an internment camp for Muslim Americans. After some time, Layla and her allies stage a revolution against the camp’s Director. Nankani’s narration amplifies the tense atmosphere and embodies Layla’s inner turmoil during difficult times. *Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson, narration by Adenrele Ojo, Korey Jackson, Adam Lazarre-White, and Nile Bullock. HarperCollins Audio. 2019. $39.99. ISBN: 978-0-0629-1433-0. Tiffany D. Jackson tells the story of three Brooklyn teens who plot to turn their murdered friend into a major rap star by pretending he's still alive. Four narrators beautifully voice the perspectives of four very different young people coming up in a 1997 and 1998 pre-gentrification Brooklyn landscape. Lovely War by Julie Berry, narration by Jayne Entwistle, John Lee, Dion Graham, Nathaniel Parker, Steve West, Fiona Hardingham, and Allan Corduner. Listening Library. 2019. $69.99. ISBN: 978-1-9848-3826-1. The full cast brings narratorial range and nuance to Berry’s sweeping World War I epic, exploring giddy romance as well as the weary introspection of a generation lost in brutal trench warfare. Tender stolen moments between a solider boy and a piano girl lend universality to this heart- wrenching romance. *On the Come Up by Angie Thomas, narration by Bahni Turpin. HarperCollins Audio.
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